Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total
Tony Denison
- Lt. Mike Corery
- (as Anthony John Denison)
Karl Knaup
- Max Wielen
- (as Karl-Heinz Knaup)
- Directors
- Jud Taylor(part II)
- Paul Wendkos(part I)
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- TriviaDonald Pleasence (Dr. Absalon) is the only actor to appear in both this film and The Great Escape (1963), in which he played the would-be escapee Blythe.
- Goofs(At 2:10) The escaped prisoner is being chased by a German soldier on a motorcycle. Up to the point that he drives into the field, his motorcycle has a rear seat and rear fender that wraps down. After entering the field, he's driving a different motorcycle: it's essentially a motocross bike.
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Capt. David Matthews: Well sir, the execution of one man takes some planning. But the execution of 50 escaped prisoners takes a lot of planning. A lot of cooperation at the local level. In my view therefore, this could never have been a local operation. This plan had to start at or near the top in order for it to succeed.
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Blecch
I only saw this silly made-for-TV sequel in it's chopped-down 93-minute video version, and it was quite obvious that there were many things missing. On the plus side, I didn't care.
Where THE GREAT ESCAPE was a somewhat-fictionalized version of a true story, GE2 is a fictional story which only touches reality at odd points (and sometimes the oddest: the part about recognizing some Gestapo officers from a painting in a nightclub is true).
The real story of the investigation of the Stalag Luft III murders would probably have been a lot more interesting, but there might not have been a part in that for Christopher Reeve.
Where THE GREAT ESCAPE was a somewhat-fictionalized version of a true story, GE2 is a fictional story which only touches reality at odd points (and sometimes the oddest: the part about recognizing some Gestapo officers from a painting in a nightclub is true).
The real story of the investigation of the Stalag Luft III murders would probably have been a lot more interesting, but there might not have been a part in that for Christopher Reeve.
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By what name was The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) officially released in Canada in English?
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